Chess Forum / General Topics / May 2004

Req: info on Celtic Story with Chess players in it.
A few years ago I read a web page of extracts
from a Pre-Christian Book from Ireland
I am after the name to search for to look for it again please?

Unless I am mistaken, there are very few newspaper chess columns in the USA
written by internationally titled players. The best-known ones are the
following:
New York Times - GM Robert Byrne

I am sure I read somewhere that Tal played Euwe in an informal game, where
one of them (I guess it was Tal) sacrificed his Queen. I have searched my
databases, but cannot find this game. Does anybody know about this game?
Thanks

Wise up with chess
Learning chess can be a fun pastime, but many educational
professionals believe the activity can also improve a person's
critical-thinking abilities, math skills and language expertise. The

I'm a chess amateur trying to learn to play blindfold chess.
I try to build a training problem for this task and I have a few
question to you more experinced guys:
1. How long does it take to learn blindfold chess ?

Hello,
This is a bit odd question and maybe people with several
years of CC experience might be able to answer. But anybody
is welcome to share their knowledge if you would like. The

Chessbase didnt answer my mail :-(
Maybe i must start thinking about an icc membership
Ben

On another newsgroup, one about Shakespeare, I found out that Sam Sloan is
running for congress - weird!
I also discovered that Sloan has a theory that the Earl of Oxford's daughter
wrote Shakespeare's plays - weird!

Am I correct that the current Russian Championship is a qualifying event for a
"Super" Russian Chess Championship that would feature
Kasparov,Krammnik,Karpov,Svidler and Morozevich?Please tell me this is
true.Would look forward to seeing all of the great Russian players go at it.

I am intending to let this newsgroup know of any significant updates to
http://www.chesschamps.com/
(Garry Kasparov's new website)
Garry's diary has been updated with a second entry dealing with some

I just got an email from my mother.  She is going through some old
boxes of mine, and she ran across a box filled with Chess Life &
Reviews from 1974-1977.
Possible options are:

The other night at chess club one of the guys asked what system FIDE used to
rate thier players. As far as I know it is ELO.As far as I know, USCF also
uses ELO. Yet, it appears from other comments made there is a difference
between FIDE ratings and USCF ratings...Can someone tell ...

<< With regard to the Capablanca-Alekhine issue we had access to Soviet sources
not published in the West. Letters by the protagonists suggest very strongly
the existence of the 5-5 provision. It is not certain but there is
‘consequential’ evidence. My personal feeling is that there ...

Bookup is a scam being run by a single piece of sh.t hack programmer.
He is a known liar, thief, and con-man that runs this online scam.
First, he offers you some stuff for free in order to get your email
address. Then, he piles you with emails trying to get you to purchase

Let me quote "The Oxford Companion to Chess"
(1992 edition, p.303):
  "He also acquired considerable skill
   at Polish draughts (on a 10x10 board)".